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Most people don’t know this, but Los Angeles gets 25% of it’s power from Arizona. In an effort to counteract Los Angeles’ boycott of Arizona, threats have emerged to cut power to L.A. Los Angeles isn’t a stranger to power outages and rolling blackouts. It almost seems normal for most of us, so it is doubtful that Arizona’s threat will be of any concern to most residents of Los Angeles who value the rights of others regardless of their skin color.

However, the truth of the matter is that L.A. is part owner of both power plants in Arizona as noted by Austin Beutner, the General Manager of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in his statement today: “We are part owner of both power plants, which are generating assets of the Department. As such, nothing in the City’s resolution is inconsistent with our continuing to receive power from those LADWP-owned assets.” Go to LADWP to read full statment. Go to the L.A. Times to read L.A. Mayor’s statement.

It seems as though Arizona doesn’t have the authority to pull the plug, but if they somehow decide to overstep their bounds…we (at Raising California) say “Bring it!” Why? Standing up for what is right is seldom easy and sometimes painful, but it has to be done regardless of the backlash. Viva Los Angeles!

The number of cities in California that will boycott Arizona for their newest legislation aimed at the hispanic population in the Southwest continues to grow. San Francisco, Los Angeles and West Hollywood have joined together to boycott Arizona. In addition to these cities, the Governor of California has threatened a state wide boycott as well. The law that was passed in Arizona makes it legal for law enforcement to question individuals without probable cause solely based on their race. The individuals questioned will be required to show proof of legal residency. Read about Arizona’s new law here: SB1070

Tomorrow, on May Day hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to converge in downtown L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa has encouraged all residents of Los Angeles to attend the march to show support for immigration reform and to stand against SB1070 enacted by Arizona. Mayor Villaraigosa also stated: “While we recognize that we must enact 21st-Century legislation to secure our borders and ensure the safety of all our citizens, the law signed by the governor of Arizona simply does not do this.”

“The Arizona law is not only misguided, it is unpatriotic and unconstitutional. I add my voice to strongly opposing this unpatriotic and un-American law. And I call upon our federal leaders to pass comprehensive immigration reform in its place,” Villaraigosa said.

Our Southern California family had plans to visit the Grand Canyon this summer, but have decided not to go in support of Boycott Arizona. We do not feel comfortable spending our tourism dollars in a state that has blatant disregard for the rights of others. We stand in support of our friends, neighbors and all those whom we’ve never met who are hispanic.

Thankfully, we have memories of the Grand Canyon from 2004 as shown in the photograph above. Boycott Arizona.